A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Axos covers 45.0 km (28.0 mi) in about 1 hr 8 min and costs a fixed fare from €125 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Axos at the same fixed fare.
Fares are per vehicle, not per person, and cover the whole car, so a family of four pays once. The price you see is the price confirmed on your voucher; it does not change with traffic, time of day, or a delayed flight.
| Vehicle | Typical models | Passengers | Bags | Fare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Standard | Skoda Octavia, VW ID.3 | up to 3 | 3 | €125 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Axos back to Heraklion Port costs the same as the arrival leg. Child and booster seats are added at booking, at no extra charge.
The line is the road a driver actually takes from Heraklion Port to Axos: 45.0 km (28.0 mi), about 1 hr 8 min door to door. Pickup and drop-off are marked at the coordinates the booking engine quotes against, not at the centre of the nearest town.
Your driver meets you in front of the Passenger Terminal at Heraklion Port, holding a banner with your name and the company name on it. Ferry arrivals cluster, so the terminal forecourt fills quickly; the banner is what makes your car findable in it.
Heraklion Port sits inside the city, a few minutes from the centre and about 4 kilometres from the airport. Heraklion Port is the island's main ferry gateway, taking the overnight sailings from Piraeus as well as the routes from Santorini, Mykonos, Paros and Naxos.
Overnight ferries from Piraeus dock early in the morning, which is the port's busiest window and the one where on-demand taxis are hardest to find. A pre-booked car is already waiting when the ramp goes down.
Cruise calls berth at the same port area and follow the same procedure.
In front of the Passenger Terminal, where your driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Stay at the terminal rather than walking out to the road. The port approach is one-way and busy at docking time, and the vehicle cannot stop on it.
Give us your ferry or cruise line and arrival time at booking. We track sailing arrivals as well as flights, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
Tell us as early as you can if your sailing is cancelled or diverted to another port, so the driver can be reassigned.
Axos is a mountain village in the Rethymno region, on the northern slopes of the Psiloritis range above the Mylopotamos valley. Axos stands on the site of an ancient city of the same name, and the Byzantine church of Agia Irini in the village dates from that later occupation of the site.
The village is built on a slope with views north towards the coast, and the road through it continues up to the Nida plateau and the Idaean cave.
This is inland Crete rather than coastal: stone houses, weaving and pottery workshops, and a landscape of terraces and grazing.
We drop you at the door of your accommodation in the village.
Axos is built on a slope and its lanes are narrow and steep. Your driver stops at the nearest point a car can wait and confirms it before the day.
The drive leaves the harbour and climbs into the Psiloritis foothills, 45.0 kilometres in about 1 hr 8 min. Axos is a mountain village rather than a coastal one, which is why this journey takes over an hour for a distance the coast road would cover in forty minutes.
The car leaves the port gate, joins the national road west of the harbour and runs along the coast without crossing the city.
The turning inland comes in the Mylopotamos valley. From there the road climbs steadily through olive terraces and stone-walled fields, with the coast dropping away behind.
Axos sits on the slope near the top, on the site of the ancient city of the same name. The road through the village continues up towards the Nida plateau and the Idaean cave, which is the route most walkers and visitors to the mountain take.
Only one vehicle class is sold on this route, a Standard car for up to 3 passengers, so a larger party needs to ask rather than assume. That is unusual in our network and worth knowing before booking a group into a mountain village with no taxi rank of its own.
There is no useful public route from the port to Axos.
Buses serve the Mylopotamos valley towns from Heraklion's bus station on a rural timetable, and the last stretch up to the village runs rarely. After an overnight ferry, with luggage, at six in the morning, none of that connects.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 45.0 km (28.0 mi), about 1 hr 8 min, and the same fixed fare from €125 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Axos at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Axos back to Heraklion Port is the same 45.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Evening sailings to Piraeus are the usual case, and boarding closes well before the printed departure, so the pickup is set against boarding rather than the ticket time.
Book both directions together and the return is held at the same fare. Switch the form at the top of this page to Departure, or select a return when you book.
For a departure from Axos we work back from your sailing: about 1 hr 8 min of driving, plus the terminal time your ferry line asks for, plus an allowance for the descent from the village.
Give us the operator and sailing time at booking and the exact pickup is confirmed on your voucher.
The fare covers the whole vehicle rather than each seat, so 4 people pay the same as 1. The price on your voucher is the price you pay, with no booking fee and no card surcharge.
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall holding a sign with your name on it. You walk out of baggage reclaim straight to the car, without joining a taxi rank or agreeing a fare on the spot.
Child seats cost nothing extra. Reserve the seat in the booking form and state the child's age, so the correct seat is fitted before the driver sets off.
Cancel at least 24 hours before your pickup time and you pay nothing. Plans change; the booking does not lock you in.
The vehicle carries your party and nobody else. It runs from the pickup point to your exact address, with no intermediate stops and no waiting for other passengers.
Your pickup is set against your flight number, not a clock time. Transfers run at any hour, which covers night landings and pre-dawn departures.
Every booking is confirmed by a person and carries a voucher showing your route, vehicle, pickup time and fare.
These are the questions guests ask most often about the Heraklion Port to Axos transfer, answered with this route's own distance, duration and fares.
Anything not covered here is answered when we confirm the booking.
A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Axos costs a fixed €125 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. Only that vehicle is sold on this route.
The second half is mountain road. The coastal section is quick, and the climb through the Mylopotamos valley to the village is not.
A village built on the site of the ancient city of the same name, with the Byzantine church of Agia Irini in it, and the road onward towards the Nida plateau and the Idaean cave.
In front of the passenger terminal, with a banner showing your name and ours. We track ferry arrivals, so a late docking moves the pickup.
The engine sells only a Standard car for up to 3 passengers on this route. Contact us before booking if there are more of you, rather than assuming a larger vehicle is available.
Per vehicle. The fare covers the car and everyone in it, up to that vehicle's passenger and luggage limit. Two people and four people pay the same €125 for a Standard car to Axos.
Yes, at no extra charge. Reserve the seat in the booking form and state the child's age so the correct infant, child or booster seat is fitted before the driver sets off.
Give us your ferry operator and sailing time when you book. We track arrivals, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
In front of the passenger terminal, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours. Ferry passengers all reach the quay at once, which is what the banner is for.
Yes. Cancel at least 24 hours before your pickup time and there is no charge.
Pay by card online when you book, or in euros in cash to the driver. There is no card surcharge and no booking fee either way.
You receive a confirmation email with your route, vehicle, pickup time and fare on it. Check the details and tell us if anything is wrong. An automated receipt on its own is not the confirmation. The emailed voucher is.
Yes. Heraklion Port to Axos and Axos to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €125, and both directions are booked from this page. Select a return when you book and the price is held for both legs.
Those routes are priced the same way as this one: a fixed fare per vehicle, confirmed before you travel. The same applies to every private transfers in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.